About the day » Friday March 23, 1956Calender converter

• Janis M Baca, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States of America († 2008)
• Eimert Los, Pekalongang (Java) († 1956)
• Jean-Marc Lucien Louis Pagnon, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Maroc († 1997)
• Jackie LeRoy Dennison, USA († 1989)
• Johanna Maria Straatman, Arnhem († 2017)
• Gilbert Omer Everaert, Gijzegem († 2008)
• Geertruida Maria Anna Bührs, Amsterdam
• Mary Anne Morrell Gibson, Ogden Utah († 2006)
• Jan Jacobs Oostra († 1969)
• Mazina (Ina) van den Brand († 2010)

• Alebina Nieuwkoop (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Helena Winter (68), Groningen
• Arnolda Barbara Antonia Willemsen (57), Oldenzaal
• Antonia Geertruida Anna Hilhorst (49), Grave, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van Spaandonk (77), Berkel-Enschot,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Josephus Broeders (76), Raamsdonkvseer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Anton Franz Heinrich Broer (89), Geseke, Germany
• Anna Kristine ANDERSEN (68), Seattle, King, Washington
• Alebina Nieuwkoop (88), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida de Winter (92), Poeldijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » Geno Auriemma, Italian-American basketball player and coach
• 1954 » Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer, founded Kenneth Cole Productions
• 1954 » Paul Price, English born, Welsh international footballer, defender and manager
• 1955 » Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1956 » José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese academic and politician, 115th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1957 » Amanda Plummer, American actress
• 1957 » Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
• 1957 » Robbie James, Welsh footballer and manager († 1998)
• 1958 » Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist

• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
• January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
• June 23 » The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
• June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• November 3 » Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. During negotiations on Tököl Island ostensibly on Soviet troop withdrawal, the KGB arrests Pál Maléter and other Hungarian Revolutionary commanders, effectively decapitating the Revolution's military leadership. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops ready for the final assault.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
• December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

The temperature on March 23, 1956 was between 4.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.